Theme
OSCE and Standard Setting
Category
OSCE
INSTITUTION
Department of Odontology,Tbilisi State Medical University
At TSMU Department of Odontology the OSCE exam has been held since 2009; the experience gained for that period of time showed that:
· First of all the process of examination was not stressful for the students of III, IV, VI and VII semesters. It should be noted that in case of face to face examination, the student's reaction might be inadequate, due to feeling discomfort to reveal his / her knowledge properly.
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Organization of the examination and exam tests preparation (or tickets) for the students of the Faculty of Dentistry (as well as the Faculty of Medicine) are related to the certain specifications. Assessment of the student's knowledge in a given subject should include his/her theoretical knowledge and clinical competencies/ skills.
Our main goal was achievement maximal refining of the style of final exam at the Department of Odontology (III, IV, VI, VII and X semesters of study process). That is why, the OSCE (Objectively Structured Clinical Examination) type of examination system was chosen.
There are 644 students at TSMU Faculty of Stomatology. At present, the number of students at the Department of Odontology is as follows: III Semester 142 students, IV semester 142 students, VI semester 116 students, VII semester 102 students, X semester 126 students.
As noted above, 5-10 years ago, examination of the former Department of Dentistry (now the Department of Dentistry) were carried out in accordance with the rules adopted and established in the former Soviet Union. Consequently, the results pointing to an objective assessment of students in most cases have not been adequate.
Below you can see the schemes of the exam results at the Department of Odontology on the base of the rule obtained before (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and after (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE).
The OSCE type examinations were accepted positively by the students. Implementation of the OSCE examination would be comfortable as for the students as well as for academic personnel, however, material - technical support from the University would be needed.
Maximum objectivity of the examination reduces the doubts concerning to results of examination among the students and what is the most important it is designed to reveal the efforts, knowledge, experience and aspirations of the trainers.
TSMU Department of Odontology expresses its readiness to share experiences with interested parties info@unident.ge
Special Thanks to Nini Svanishvili M.D. and Vadim Agaiani for invaluable support and help in creation E-Poster
The authors express their deep gratitude to the administration of Tbilisi State Medical University for the opportunity to participate in a conference organized by the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).
The authors express their sincere gratitude to Oslo,s University Professor Babbil Stray-Pedersen, who is the one of the first authors and faunder of OSCE system. Tbilisi State Medical University,s professors appreciate his great afford in our trainings and cooperation.
The results obtained after Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) revealed that every next semester the students apply much more sophisticated and refined clinical skills for patient’s examination and treatment.
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